Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCDT: 2031-2035 (10-14 October 2011)
Skewbrow:
--- Quote from: Nathanyel on 11 Oct 2011, 01:30 ---
--- Quote from: Random Al Yousir on 11 Oct 2011, 01:24 ---On a totally different topic: When you pronounce the Heavy Metal Umlaut Ö as it is written, like in Motörhead or Keyser Söze, it really sounds naff and silly. :-D
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Then again, when you write it with a normal o, "Keyser Soze" sounds really funny to a German :P
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Without umlaut you would have a hard time finding it on a Swedish/Finnish phonebook (ÅÄÖ come after Z in the alphabet over here, but IIRC in Germany A/Ä, O/Ö and U/Ü are equal for the purposes of sorting words/names).
--- Quote from: Delator on 11 Oct 2011, 02:00 ---Jeez...by phone, Elliot?
I mean, I understand the reasoning...but, just....buh.
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May I propose a theory that a generous dose of liquid courage was needed for Elliot to make that call? So we can write it off as yet another "It seemed like a good idea at the time." Calling in sick fits.
Nathanyel:
Yup, afaik e.g. A and Ä are equivalent in sorting, unless directly clashing with each other (Bar/Bär) in which case the one with A comes first.
Near Lurker:
Fuck "Bayesian" analysis without an established mathematical model; it just lends the illusion of rigor to intuitive educated guesses.
Also, Marten, you fucking idiot.
Skewbrow:
--- Quote from: Nathanyel on 11 Oct 2011, 02:34 ---Yup, afaik e.g. A and Ä are equivalent in sorting, unless directly clashing with each other (Bar/Bär) in which case the one with A comes first.
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Thanks for the confirmation! We treat V and W that way (in names only, 'W' does not exist in words native to Finnish). I was somewhat impressed when I noticed that MSExcel has no trouble whatsoever taking all of the above into account when sorting cells with text in them.
Hopefully the understandably mostly disinterested North American forumites have been sound asleep during the umlaut discussion?
Random Al Yousir:
I suspect it won't help much to make up for the ostentatious snores of us Non-USsies during the baseball discussion.
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